TY - JOUR
T1 - A virtual reality platform to evaluate the effects of supernumerary limbs' appearance
AU - Jiang, Ziyi
AU - Huang, Yanpei
AU - Eden, Jonathan
AU - Ivanova, Ekaterina
AU - Cheng, Xiaoxiao
AU - Burdet, Etienne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023/12/11
Y1 - 2023/12/11
N2 - Supernumerary robot limbs (SL) can expand the ability of users by increasing the number of degrees of freedom that they control. While several SLs have been designed and tested on human participants, the effect of the limb's appearance on the user's acceptance, embodiment and device usage is not yet understood. We developed a virtual reality platform with a three-arm avatar that enabled us to systematically investigate the effect of the supernumerary limb's appearance on their perception and motion control performance. A pilot study with 14 participants exhibited similar performance, workload and preference in human-like or robot-like appearance with a trend of preference for the robotic appearance.
AB - Supernumerary robot limbs (SL) can expand the ability of users by increasing the number of degrees of freedom that they control. While several SLs have been designed and tested on human participants, the effect of the limb's appearance on the user's acceptance, embodiment and device usage is not yet understood. We developed a virtual reality platform with a three-arm avatar that enabled us to systematically investigate the effect of the supernumerary limb's appearance on their perception and motion control performance. A pilot study with 14 participants exhibited similar performance, workload and preference in human-like or robot-like appearance with a trend of preference for the robotic appearance.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179641336&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340197
DO - 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340197
M3 - Article
C2 - 38082670
AN - SCOPUS:85179641336
SN - 2375-7477
VL - 2023
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
JF - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
ER -